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SUMMARY:Coming full circle? The role of research in the museum - Emily Pri
 ngle
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CONTACT:Sophie Potter
DESCRIPTION:Museums have been centres of research from their earliest inca
 rnations as private collections in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
 . Aligned with Enlightenment ideals of scholarship and learning engenderin
 g a rational\, ‘civilised’ world\, object-centred research informed th
 e development of the natural sciences. Simultaneously art museums were see
 n as places where researchers could work together for the good of mankind.
  The research and classification of objects within museums thus helped def
 ine different bodies of knowledge\, construct national identities\, and di
 fferentiate ‘taste’.  However\, from the start\, museums have also jug
 gled other agendas: to reflect the wealth and status of their owners (be t
 hey individuals or nation states)\, to educate and improve the populace\, 
 and to benefit the needs of industry\, thereby supporting the economy.  So
 \, what has changed in 400 years? This presentation considers the enduring
  legacy of and renewed interest in object-centred inquiry within the museu
 m\, whilst also arguing that the role of research in today’s collecting 
 institutions needs to shift and broaden in recognition of the multiple age
 ndas and challenges facing twenty-first century museums.  The case will be
  made for a model of museum-based research that supports inter-disciplinar
 y\, collaborative and practice-based research\, employing participatory me
 thodologies that embrace perspectives and expertise from beyond the academ
 y and museum sectors. Such approaches would allow narratives and histories
  to be challenged and ways of knowing expanded.\nFor booking links\, pleas
 e see https://www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/events/item/emily-pringle/ 
LOCATION:CRASSH Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9D
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